Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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What's up guys, Max here. Today I'll show you how to make a tiled animation that follows a path, like a circle, in After Effects using GridMaker.

Grab GridMaker with a 7-day free trial at the link below. It installs through Filmit Studio with the rest of the plugins, and I'm a big part of the team that makes them.

What you'll learn:
- How to install GridMaker through Filmit Studio
- Opening Advanced Mode and picking Path mode
- Shape presets: circle, square, star, and more
- Importing your own path from After Effects with the pen tool
- Travel-along vs layout animation, speed, and spread
- Applying GIFs or footage to the path with Apply to Selection

Get GridMaker (7-day free trial): filmit.io/gridmaker
Download Filmit Studio (free): filmit.io/studio
Join the Discord (tag me, @max): filmit.io/discord

Timecodes:
0:00 What we are building
0:17 Get GridMaker through Filmit Studio
0:53 Open GridMaker and Advanced Mode
1:09 The three modes: flat, 3D, and path
1:28 Path settings: boxes and grid controller
1:49 Shape presets, tile aspect, and animation
2:31 Import your own path from After Effects
3:10 Apply nine GIFs to the path
3:38 Extend the GIFs and review the result
3:55 Free trial, Discord, and wrap up

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